Kier has expanded its service offering with the Peppy digital health app, providing 2,500 Kier female employees with personalised healthcare
In July 2022, the Peppy digital health app launched with offerings for men’s health, fertility, baby and menopause, whilst the women’s health pillar was developed to provide enhanced services.
The latest initiative will enhance the services provided to female employees at Kier and will offer personalised holistic physical and mental health support from Peppy’s dedicated health experts.
The digital health app is inclusive to all women
The service is for all women: cis-gendered women, people who identify as female, those born with female biological and physiological anatomy, or who have an interest in female health conditions and wellbeing.
The Peppy digital health app will cover the diagnosis and treatment of different women’s health conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which affects every 1 in 10 women in the UK.
The app also covers gynaecological health, body image issues, miscarriage and baby loss, depression, anxiety and stress, contraception, nutrition and exercise, and optimising sleep.
Delivering high-quality, highly accessible health support
Caroline Forsyth, group rewards director, Kier, says: “Our introduction of the Peppy app in the Summer proved hugely successful, offering real and tangible health and wellbeing support to all our employees.
“We added the Women’s health pillar as soon as Peppy made it available, ensuring now we have services specifically for women’s health. Life has its challenges, often unexpected and, at Kier, we put our people first. The Peppy app supports them when they need it most.
“The Peppy app supports a number of our key people pillars, including wellbeing, and talent attraction and retention. It delivers high-quality, highly accessible health support across and including race and ethnicity, sex and gender equality, LGBTQ+, female and family friendly, and generational diversity.”
Francesca Steyn, director of fertility and women’s health, Peppy, added: “We are delighted that Kier has been so pleased with the Peppy service that they have decided to add Women’s Health to their support offering.
“With fertility, baby, menopause, and men’s health already covered by the services they implemented from Peppy in the summer, it is very forward-thinking to have added women’s health on top of this. Kier is offering a really comprehensive health and wellbeing support programme and one which is highly valued by its people.”
The Peppy digital health app has already seen success with Kier employees
Natalie Geraghty, head of communications for Kier Highways, has used the Peppy app for specific treatment. She commented: “Having suffered with endometriosis symptoms since my early teens, I was finally diagnosed with the condition last year via laparoscopy. How this has affected my fertility is a big concern, especially as I don’t yet have children of my own, and I am 37.
“The introduction of the Peppy app has been invaluable to me. I have been able to speak to a fertility and women’s health practitioner instantly via the private chat function. I was able to discuss my experience and concerns on the chat when convenient to me and then follow up with an appointment if I felt it was necessary.
“Having an employer that recognises the need to support its employees like this is fantastic.”
The release of initiatives like the Peppy digital health app is well-needed in industries such as construction, which only has 14% female employees. By providing women with the support they need, the sector can move forward in its goal to become more inclusive and retain more talent.
